Mostly that the pill, both versions[1], does not absolutely prevent conception. As such, it could arguably be outlawed under the proposed Consitutional amendment, since should someone taking the pill manage to conceive, it is likely to result in the termination of said conception.
Making BCPs illegal on that basis would require people to decide that the great unlikeliness of concieving while on the pill is not a concern, only the fact that the pill would prevent said conception from coming to term.
...I am trying to believe that people would not make this decision. --- [1] Because while the combination pill can be reasonably expected to prevent ovulation, there are cases when it doesn't, if only because the hormone levels aren't quite perfectly geared to what you need. Hence the failure rate.
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Date: 2005-02-16 06:10 am (UTC)Making BCPs illegal on that basis would require people to decide that the great unlikeliness of concieving while on the pill is not a concern, only the fact that the pill would prevent said conception from coming to term.
...I am trying to believe that people would not make this decision.
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[1] Because while the combination pill can be reasonably expected to prevent ovulation, there are cases when it doesn't, if only because the hormone levels aren't quite perfectly geared to what you need. Hence the failure rate.